Quality assurer Umalusi has said however that pupils who may have been implicated in the leak of two question papers, would not receive their matric results just yet

The marking of matric exam papers has not been a smooth process as three people have died from COVID-19-related complications so far

DBE Director-General (DG), Mathanzima Mweli is concerned over the lack of social distancing at one Limpopo marking centre.

SADTU is concerned about the state of matric marking centres in KwaZulu-Natal and has called for marking to be put on hold to test markers.

The purpose of the directions is to provide guidelines to officials, educators and staff who are involved in the marking of matric scripts.

The Director-General of the Basic Education Department said that the matric exam leak was bigger than what they initially thought.

The three Grade 12 learners at Rethusegile High School in Rustenburg died Friday night when the minibus taxi they were traveling in overturned on the R511.

While the Department of Basic Education agreed that there will be no matric rewrite, it did say other aspects of the judgement must be challenged.

Judge Norman Davis found that the decision by the Department of Basic Education, to order a rewrite of two matric examination papers was unlawful

Judge Norman Davis had reserved judgement on Afriforum and Sadtu’s urgent application to halt the rewrite of the second papers for Mathematics and Physical Sciences, on Thursday

Sadtu and Afriforum maintain that the rewrite is not necessary and would cause stress for the nearly 400 000 matric pupils involved

Afriforum announced on Monday that they would argue against the decision to rewrite matric exams to court, and the EFF agree with them.

Umalusi has been at the receiving end of criticism for announcing a rewrite of the second Mathematics and Physical Sciences examination papers

Equal Education says Umalusi and the Department of Basic Education have not convinced school communities that a national rewrite of the leaked Maths and Physical Sciences exam papers is the only way to protect the integrity of the matric exams.

Reports have emerged that the majority of the matric student who potentially benefitted from the leak were ‘top achievers’.

This comes after the exam question papers were leaked shortly before the matriculants sat down to write the subjects.

A national rewrite will be undertaken after two matric exam papers; maths 2 and physical sciences 2, were leaked in recent weeks.

There has been a matric exam paper leak every Monday for the last three weeks – Maths Paper 2, Physical Sciences Paper 2 and Life Sciences.

One matric paper leak is bad enough – but the premature release of the Life Sciences assessment is our third data breach this month.

Two matric exam papers have been leaked in recent days. The education department has, however, urged candidates to remain focused.

After a second matric exam was leaked on Tuesday, questions are being raised over the education department’s ability run honest assessments.

The Basic Education Department is weighing its options in the wake of a matric exam leak. Minister Angie Motshekga has condemned the latest leak but said investigations are underway

After the maths paper 2 exam was leaked before it was due to be written, the education department have yet to identify the culpable source.

Gauteng Department of Education said national senior certificate candidates who test positive for COVID-19 will be quarantined at Nasrec.

More than a million matriculants across the country will sit down for the 2020 National Senior Certificate Examinations